Wylie & Bisset

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has welcomed the Scottish Parliament’s inquiry into the challenges faced by people with low income and debt problems but, has questioned whether it is a missed opportunity. With inflation rising to 5.2% last year and energy regulator Ofgem announcing th

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset has partnered with pharmacist-led training provider Pharmacy in Practice to provide a range of support services to Scottish pharmacy owners, pharmacists, and their teams. The partnership agreement will see the accountancy firm work alongside the training provi

With more than two million people having missed the normal self-assessment tax return deadline, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has stressed the importance of urgent tax return filing and good record-keeping going forward as tax filing accounts is set to become more burdensome in forthcomin

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has warned the construction sector against a perfect storm of economic challenges putting pressure on their cash flow. Mark Mulholland, partner in the firm’s Business Advisory department, advised those smaller to medium sized construction firms that typ

With research from the Federation of Small Businesses showing that a third of Scottish business owners faced an increase in late payment in the last quarter, chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset is advising SMEs that knowledge is key and cash is king when dealing with the issue. Catherine Livings

Chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset is advising hospitality sector operators to raise their prices in response to rising inflation and operating costs. While welcoming the easing of Covid-19 restrictions, Catherine Livingstone, partner and head of the business advisory services team at Wylie &am

Glasgow-based chartered accountant Wylie & Bisset’s internal audit department has secured an outcome of ‘full compliance’ following a recent External Quality Assessment from The Chartered Institute of Internal Auditors. With the Institute indicating that approximately a quarter

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has deployed its pharmacy sector expertise to facilitate the multi-million-pound disposal of Newfield (Dundonald) to Davidsons Chemists. With a turnover of almost £5m and a staff of 60 across six pharmacies in Kilbarchan in Greater Glasgow & Clyde,

In the wake of COP26, the 2021 United Nations climate change conference held in Glasgow earlier this month, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is urging SMEs to reap the commercial benefits to be had from joining the global quest for net-zero. With SMEs comprising 95% of all businesses in many

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has stressed that cash is king for SMEs tackling the scarcity of supply, inflationary pressures and staff shortages this winter. Labour shortages and price rises continue to threaten economic recovery, according to data compiled by SCDI, with a surge in vacan

The threat of an extension to the vaccine passport scheme has prompted chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset to forecast a bleak mid-winter for hospitality sector operators juggling to cope with a drop in customer traffic while facing the prospect of rising admin costs. Deputy First Minister and

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset has warned the self-employed of a "tax grab" buried in the tax impact notes behind Chancellor Rishi Sunak's headline Budget measures last week. While the Budget speech itself was relatively quiet on taxation measures, background documents set out much more co

Chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is advising SMEs to consider raising prices in the face of a rising cost burden coupled with supply chain uncertainty. Scottish firms raised prices last month at the sharpest rate since 1999 in the face of severe inflationary pressures, with the latest Royal

Wylie & Bisset, the Glasgow-based chartered accountants, has appointed Scott Grant, a seasoned head of sales with demonstrable success driving profitable growth in highly competitive markets, as its first-ever business development director. Experienced at developing new customer networks and mai

With the number of Scottish fintech SMEs having grown by more than 50% during the 18 months of the pandemic, chartered accountants Wylie & Bisset is urging these early-stage firms to explore the range of funding and commercialisation opportunities at their disposal. Wylie & Bisset partner An